ログイン1RosieMaya grabbed my arm after my shift ended and dragged me toward the parking lot with this determined look on her face that I knew meant trouble. “You’re coming to Jude’s hockey game tonight and I won’t take no for an answer,” she said while doing this wiggly eyebrow thing that made my face burn hot.“Maya, I don’t think—”“Nope, you’re going,” she interrupted me cheerfully while opening her truck door. “You need to see him play at least once and trust me, it’s worth it.”I wanted to refuse because big crowds and public spaces still made my skin crawl but Maya looked so excited and I couldn’t disappoint her again so I reluctantly nodded and climbed into the truck.The arena was packed when we arrived and my anxiety spiked immediately, all these people were crammed together, and what if someone recognized me? What if they knew? But Maya grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowd to seats near the rink and I tried to focus on breathing instead of panicking.“Best seats in the
Chapter 14 - SpaceJudeI loved every moment I spent with my mate. They were always precious and sweet as I jogged to the table we were once at, not wanting to delay Rosie.After picking up the charger, I walked out with a small smile to apologize to her for the wait, but my steps still because Rosie wasn’t outside.I blinked and scanned the quad, checked the bench outside where students usually sat, but nothing.“Rosie?” I called out, my voice carrying in the chilly evening air.No answer.I walked back to where I expected Rosie should be, but she wasn’t there. I saw some ladies lingering gazes on me, and I brushed them off. They should have known by now I wasn’t interested. Even before my mate came along, I never looked at the opposite sex.I sniffed the air and noticed it was tinged with her scent and something unpleasant, which made my wolf stir uneasily in my chest. Something was wrong. Rosie couldn’t just leave like that. We always walked to the café together.I pulled out my ph
15Rosie povI was the one who said I needed space, yet I missed him. I didn’t know how he’d grown on me. My heart ached and yearned to run to him, but I couldn’t. I should know my place.I was just building myself up for another heartbreak. I should stop whatever was building before it bloomed, because I knew—this would shatter me completely, worse than Josh’s betrayal.I’d tried my best effort to arrive at school early so that I wouldn’t catch Jude, even swallowing my anxiety and sitting in the middle of the students. And after class, I ran out to the café. I could feel Jude wanted to talk to me, but what would I say?There was this constant voice in my head, always there to make me feel worthless.I felt tears sting my eyes and I blinked them away as I tried to focus on the customer in front of me. Since I’d told Jude to give me space, headaches had been coming in and out and I thought it should be stress from overthinking and work clashing on me.The afternoon shift was always bus
Chapter 14 - SpaceJudeI loved every moment I spent with my mate. They were always precious and sweet as I jogged to the table we were once at, not wanting to delay Rosie.After picking up the charger, I walked out with a small smile to apologize to her for the wait, but my steps still because Rosie wasn’t outside.I blinked and scanned the quad, checked the bench outside where students usually sat, but nothing.“Rosie?” I called out, my voice carrying in the chilly evening air.No answer.I walked back to where I expected Rosie should be, but she wasn’t there. I saw some ladies lingering gazes on me, and I brushed them off. They should have known by now I wasn’t interested. Even before my mate came along, I never looked at the opposite sex.I sniffed the air and noticed it was tinged with her scent and something unpleasant, which made my wolf stir uneasily in my chest. Something was wrong. Rosie couldn’t just leave like that. We always walked to the café together.I pulled out my ph
T13RosieJude and I had settled into a comfortable routine. Jude waited for me at the gate every morning, leaning against the brick wall with his hands in his pockets, that small smile appearing the moment he saw me. Then he’d fall into step beside me, walking me to my morning class before he went to practice. After practice, he’d find me again for lunch—always knew exactly where I’d be sitting—and then walk me to the café for my shift.It became something between us. Neither of us questioned it or found it unusual. Being together, walking together, and being each other’s company—it felt so natural. Like breathing. As it had always been and would always be.I tried not to think too hard about what it meant.After class, we went to the library. The library became our place, our moment. Second floor, corner table by the window where the afternoon light came in golden and warm. Jude was an excellent tutor. Patient in a way I didn’t expect from someone so naturally smart. He was a clear
JudeI never believed in fate. Fate be damned. But since the moment fate brought in the only person that meant so much to me, I became a firm believer that what was meant to be would be and you couldn't escape the fate woven for you.And my fate was Rosie.Through the week, I'd had a hard time holding my wolf at bay. The stubborn animal didn't have an ounce of human thinking. He just wanted to spend time with his mate, scent her, claim her even when I tried to let it reason. Rosie was human and she would feel the mate bond slower than a werewolf.At least she was already feeling the bond, I could tell—the way she leaned into me without realizing it, the way her heartbeat spiked when I got close, the way she caught her breath when our hands accidentally brushed. Fate had been weaving our bond together slowly but surely.I was silently humming inside to be able to spend time with Rosie, my animal rolling in contentment just from walking beside her. I tried to stop staring at her like a







